From e059e19192254c3679f98e9e542d2bf16090d6f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Casey Rodarmor <casey@rodarmor.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:13:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Make `imdl torrent dump` output valid JSON

---
 src/subcommand/torrent/dump.rs | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/subcommand/torrent/dump.rs b/src/subcommand/torrent/dump.rs
index ddbc1b2..aae413b 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/torrent/dump.rs
+++ b/src/subcommand/torrent/dump.rs
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ struct Fmt<'a>(&'a Value<'a>);
 
 fn fmt_string(f: &mut Formatter, string: &[u8]) -> fmt::Result {
   if let Ok(string) = str::from_utf8(string) {
-    write!(f, "\"{string}\"")?;
+    write!(f, "{}", serde_json::to_string(string).unwrap())?;
   } else {
-    write!(f, "0x")?;
+    write!(f, "\"0x")?;
     for byte in string {
       write!(f, "{byte:02x}")?;
     }
+    write!(f, "\"")?;
   }
 
   Ok(())
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ mod tests {
   fn hex_string() {
     assert_eq!(
       Fmt(&Value::Bytes(b"\x80\x81".to_vec().into())).to_string(),
-      "0x8081",
+      "\"0x8081\"",
     );
   }
 
@@ -155,10 +156,15 @@ mod tests {
       env.assert_ok();
 
       assert_eq!(env.out(), output);
+
+      serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(&env.out()).unwrap();
     }
 
     case("0:", "\"\"\n");
     case("1:x", "\"x\"\n");
+    case("1:\"", "\"\\\"\"\n");
+    case("1:\\", "\"\\\\\"\n");
+    case("1:\n", "\"\\n\"\n");
 
     case("i-123e", "-123\n");
     case("i-1e", "-1\n");

From 913cae6c4fec2fe0389f8b1d213d1920d3fce693 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Casey Rodarmor <casey@rodarmor.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:34:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Reform

---
 src/subcommand/torrent/dump.rs | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/subcommand/torrent/dump.rs b/src/subcommand/torrent/dump.rs
index aae413b..92e86fd 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/torrent/dump.rs
+++ b/src/subcommand/torrent/dump.rs
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ mod tests {
     case("0:", "\"\"\n");
     case("1:x", "\"x\"\n");
     case("1:\"", "\"\\\"\"\n");
-    case("1:\\", "\"\\\\\"\n");
-    case("1:\n", "\"\\n\"\n");
 
     case("i-123e", "-123\n");
     case("i-1e", "-1\n");